The Washington Monthly:

Dear CNN,

Jeff Greenfield is wrong:

“Most of what happened here, I think, is a demonstration of the hair-trigger instincts that have grown up among some of the bloggers (not to mention the need to fill all that space every day, or hour, or 15 minutes).”

It is the 24 hour cable news cycle that has to fill time. Bloggers can say as little or as much as they want.

And we pay attention.

When one of the smartest, potentially progressive political candidates in the country is repeatedly associated with America’s vilest enemies, it’s not a joke.

And we are paying attention. Jeff Greenfield can’t stand the idea of an intelligent, black, progressive, American President.

What if the working class were taken care of? What if we understood that our policies had an effect on the environment? What if America was a place that stood for its ideals?

The corporate news culture can’t handle this and so it assassinates anyone who doesn’t fit the mold.

We have the most corrupt administration in the history of the country, having done more harm to the processes of democracy, the environment, international relations, economic policy, scientific development, and a black man wears a suit jacket without a tie and has a name that can easily be manipulated and that is where our focus is?

Again, you and Greenfield should be ashamed of yourselves.

Spin it any way you want, but you and he know what you are doing and we are paying attention and we find it reprehensible.